(A) Any taxpayer that has duly requested an automatic six-month extension for filing the taxpayer's federal income tax return shall automatically receive an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return. The extended due date of the municipal income tax return shall be the fifteenth day of the tenth month after the last day of the taxable year to which the return relates. For tax years ending on or after January 1, 2023, the extended due date of the municipal income tax return for a taxpayer that is not an individual shall be the 15th day of the eleventh month after the last day of the taxable year to which the return relates.
(B) Any taxpayer that qualifies for an automatic federal extension for a period other than six-months for filing the taxpayer's federal income tax return shall automatically receive an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return. The extended due date of the municipal income tax return shall be the same as that of the extended federal income tax return.
(C) A taxpayer that has not requested or received a six-month extension for filing the taxpayer's federal income tax return may request that the Income Tax Director grant the taxpayer a six-month extension of the date for filing the taxpayer's municipal income tax return. If the request is received by the Income Tax Director on or before the date the municipal income tax return is due, the Income Tax Director shall grant the taxpayer's requested extension.
(D) An extension of time to file under this chapter is not an extension of the time to pay any tax due unless the Income Tax Director grants an extension of that date.
(E) If the State Tax Commissioner extends for all taxpayers the date for filing state income tax returns under division (G) of section 5747.08 of the Ohio Revised Code, a taxpayer shall automatically receive an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return. The extended due date of the municipal income tax return shall be the same as the extended due date of the state income tax return.
(F) If the Income Tax Director considers it necessary to ensure the payment of tax imposed by this chapter, the Income Tax Director may require taxpayers to file returns and make payments otherwise than as provided in this chapter, including taxpayers not otherwise required to file annual returns.
(G) If a taxpayer receives an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return under this section, the Income Tax Director shall not make any inquiry or send any notice to the taxpayer with regard to the return on or before the date the taxpayer files the return or on or before the extended due date to file the return, whichever occurs first.
If a tax administrator violates division (G) of this section, the municipal corporation shall reimburse the taxpayer for any reasonable costs incurred to respond to such inquiry or notice, up to $150.
Division (G) of this section does not apply to an extension received under division (B) of this section if the tax administrator has actual knowledge that the taxpayer failed to file for a federal extension as required to receive the extension under division (B) of this section or failed to file for an extension under divisions (A) or (C) of this section.
(Ord. 238-2015. Passed 11-30-15; Ord. 252-2016. Passed 12-12-16; Ord. 225-2023. Passed 12-4-23.)